From: Xin Chen (xinchen_at_ic.sunysb.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 06 2004 - 00:05:19 CDT
Hi, all
I used Langevin dynamics to control the temperature in the simulation. But
it seems that I cannot restart my simulation with it. First time, I did
simulation to 1.6M timestep, and then I restart it from 1.5M timestep. The
energy results from 1.5M to 1.6M timestep for these two simulation are
different. The force field I used is AMBER. I wonder if anyone know why and
how to solve this problem.  Thanks. The configuration files is as follows
First one
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numsteps    1600000
# initial config
temperature 373.16
seed        12345
#rigidBonds          all
# output params
#cwd     ./out0
outputname  botulinum_water
binaryoutput    no
outputEnergies  500
outputMomenta   0
outputTiming    500
outputPressure  0
# integrator params
timestep    1.0
# force field parameters
exclude     scaled1-4
1-4scaling  1.0
switching   on
switchdist  10.0
cutoff      12.0
pairlistdist    14.0
pairlistsPerCycle 10
margin      4.0
stepspercycle   20
langevin            on            # langevin dynamics
langevinFile        3bta_wat.pdb
langevinDamping     5.0            # damping coefficient of 5/ps
langevinTemp        373.16           # random noise at this level
maximumMove     0.5
wrapWater           on            # wrap water to central cell
wrapAll             on            # wrap other molecules too
wrapNearest         off           # use for non-rectangular cells
# we are using amber force field
amber       yes
parmfile    3bta_wat.top
ambercoor   3bta_wat.crd
readexclusions  no
scnb        1.0
binaryrestart   yes
DCDfile     bta_wat.dcd
DCDfreq     10000
DCDUnitCell     yes
velDCDfile  bta_wat.vcd
velDCDfreq  20000
restartname     bta_wat
restartfreq     5000
restartsave     yes
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Second one:
Same, add one line:
firsttimestep 1500000
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Sincerely yours,
Xin Chen
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